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00:00This Netflix true crime series is so good, people can't stop watching.
00:05After doomscrolling for something worth watching, viewers say Netflix's new true crime series
00:11finally delivers, with some calling it the best they have ever watched.
00:15Based on the book of the same name, the Swedish crime drama The Breakthrough is a gripping
00:21retelling of one of Europe's most horrific murder investigations.
00:25The Breakthrough exploded onto Netflix's top 10 charts in 2025.
00:30Rotten Tomatoes gave it an overall rating of 7.2.
00:34Critics applaud how the series treats the sensitive subject.
00:38On October 19, 2004, two bystanders, 8-year-old Mohamed Amoury and 56-year-old Annalena Svensson,
00:45were murdered in Linkoping.
00:47Despite vast DNA efforts, no match emerged for 16 years.
00:52In 2020, genealogist Peter Shullin used GED match and family tree DNA,
00:58Europe's first such case enabled by Sweden's January 2019 law.
01:04Within five weeks tracing records back 200 years, he narrowed suspects to two brothers.
01:10On June 9, 2020, police arrested Daniel Nykvist.
01:14A DNA match led to his confession.
01:16The killer had been 21 years old at the time of the attacks.
01:20Medical experts diagnosed him with a severe psychiatric disorder,
01:24determining he had suffered from it during the crimes.
01:28Directed by Lisa Cyway and based on the 2021 book by Anna Boden and Peter Shullin,
01:34the series centers on victims and investigators over sensationalism.
01:38For 16 years, families and the city bore unanswered grief after promises proved impossible to keep.
01:44While the use DNA databases has brought breakthroughs, there are privacy concerns.
01:51Swedish authorities deemed the technique illegal after the Linkoping case.
01:54In Germany, this type of DNA analysis remains illegal.
01:59A 2025 law was proposed, and Germany still bans it.
02:03The breakthrough shows true crime can be compelling and respectful,
02:06fueling debate on technology and honoring investigators' commitment to cold cases.
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